Ingredients

4 cloves garlic, peeled
4 medium ripe fresh tomatoes, about 1-1/4 pounds, peeled
olive oil cooking spray
1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
freshly ground pepper, to taste
2 Tbsp. minced fresh basil, or parsley

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. (150 degrees Celsius). Insert a whole garlic clove in stem end of each tomato. Place tomatoes, stem end down, on a small baking sheet lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Spray tomatoes as well; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 2 hours, until tomatoes begin to caramelize. Remove from oven. Transfer tomatoes to serving plates. Sprinkle with fresh basil or parsley.
 
 
"Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;" (Genesis 1:29)